The ONE Thing #2: On working like a lion
The ONE Thing #2: On working like a lion
Happy Friday, everyone.
Welcome to issue #2 and hello to all the new faces that have joined in the last week š. I'm delighted to see each and every one of you.
Without further ado, enjoy the second issue.
One Idea: On working like a lion š¦
One of the habits I try to build is to work like a lion.
From a young age, we are trained to work by a clock, not by our bodies.
School started in the morning and each class ends after 45 minutes. We spend 8-10 hours at the office, usually starting in the morning.
I have been guilty of this. I have spent countless hours being unproductive because I was trying to get my work done even though I was tired or feeling drained. Instead of taking a break and recharge, Iād just try to ākeep goingā because thatās what you do.
Lions don't work on a clock. They sleep most of the day and get up to hunt when they are hungry. They conserve energy most of the day to be ready when the time comes.
If a lion ran around the whole day, it would be exhausted when it had to hunt to feed the tribe.
To me, working like a lion means planning your day by energy level, not by the clock.
Create when you are energized. Rest and recharge when you feel tired (or do less demanding logistical-style tasks). Create when you feel re-energized.
Sprint.
Rest.
Repeat.
Rooooar š¦
One Article
Why gamers hate NFTs, and music fans donāt - The Verge ā www.theverge.com Hostility toward crypto and NFTs in the gaming community tends to be overwhelming, with companies like EA and Riot Games having to watch their step. Not so much with music fans. Why is that?
Gaming and Music provide popular use cases for NFTs.
While many recent NFT-based music projects have been successful (for example, NasĀ sold streaming royalty ownershipĀ for two of his songs on Royal), announcements of some sort of NFT integration have led to massive backlash in the gaming scene.
This article describes the very different reactions of the two fan communities to blockchain-based products.
One Podcast
Venture is Eating the Investment World with Fabrice Grinda on the Capital Allocators Podcast
Fabrice Grinda is a polymath. I pitched Blinkist to Fabrice many years ago. He didn't invest, but the feedback he gave us after the pitch was instrumental in Blinkist's development. If you are reading this, thank you, Fabrice.
In this podcast, Fabrice talks about his story from serial entrepreneur to investor and his unconventional approach to running an investment firm. He also reveals what he thinks are some of the biggest investable trends of the next decade. Spoiler: He believes VR, AR, and self-driving cars are over-hyped and won't go mainstream in the next five to seven years.
Listen to it onĀ Apple PodcastsĀ orĀ Spotify.
One Tweet
Xavier Helgesen on why we sometimes have to make hard choices, so we can thrive again.
One More Thing: WAGMI
I found thisĀ interesting graphĀ the other day that is a glimmer of hope for surviving the current crypto winter. Contrary to what is regularly reported, Web3 protocols are not just hype and hope, but some are already generating significant revenue.
The chart shows the share of fees that goes to the protocolās treasury or directly to its token holders (e.g., by burning tokens). Ethereum alone generated more than $6.5 billion in protocol revenue in the last 12 months (yes, high gas fees can a drawback, but thatās a story for another day).
I don't know what this means for token prices, but it shows that decentralized protocols are already creating and capturing real value.
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Until next time, friends. Keep learning!